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Chapter 166 Dealing with Concubine De
Lu Lingxi's blunt words almost made Concubine De so angry that her nose almost smoked. This time she couldn't help it.
Concubine De stood up and sternly taught her, "Crown Princess, you are too disrespectful to your elders. Except for the Princess of Qi, all the others here are your elders. Even if the Crown Prince comes, he should respectfully call the Queen Mother 'Mother' and call us concubines 'Mother Concubine'. How can you have the nerve to look down on us for not speaking to your liking? As your elders, we have the responsibility to advise you when we see you doing something wrong. You did something wrong yourself, but you didn't listen to the advice of our elders. It's simply abominable! Is this the upbringing of your Zhenguo Marquisate?"
The shouting was really loud, and it scared the Eighth Princess in Concubine Guo's arms so much that she started crying too.
Lu Lingxi was not frightened. She slowly picked her ears, blew air into her clean fingers, and then said slowly, "Why is Concubine De suddenly so loud? Your daughter-in-law is not deaf and can hear it."
Then she smiled sweetly at Queen Gu and said, "Mother, you saw it all just now. I didn't take the initiative to find Concubine De to be unhappy. She asked me questions first, and I answered truthfully. How can I be charged with disrespecting my elders? I really don't understand."
Lu Lingxi found that Concubine De was like a gun in Queen Gu's hand. She would hit wherever Queen Gu pointed. Every time Concubine De took the initiative and had a tough attitude, and when Concubine De convicted someone with a few words, Queen Gu would pretend to smooth things over, but in fact she would convict someone and decide the punishment. The two of them worked together perfectly. He couldn't let Queen Gu just watch the show at this time, so he had to drag her into the water at this time to mess up their formation.
Lu Lingxi looked at her eagerly. Queen Gu had no choice but to say to Concubine De with a sullen face: "Concubine De, please sit down. How can you be so loud and noisy as the head of a palace? Look, Le Ping is so scared that she is crying. Come, Le Ping, come to me and comfort me."
No way would Concubine Guo dare to hand the Eighth Princess over to Queen Gu, and she coaxed her: "Le Ping, be good, don't be afraid, your mother is here, your mother is here."
At the same time, she took the time to respectfully recall the Queen's words: "Your Majesty, Le Ping is in a stubborn temper right now, and you can't comfort her. She has snot and tears all over her face, and it will be bad if she stains your dress later."
Queen Gu refused to give up and continued, "What is there to be afraid of? I also raised the Prince of Qi, and now I have to take care of the Emperor's grandson. Am I afraid of a little girl from Leping making trouble?"
Queen Gu obviously wanted to shift all the attention to the Eighth Princess and prevent Lu Lingxi from pestering Concubine De. How could she agree to this?
Without waiting for Concubine Guo to answer, Lu Lingxi continued, "Yes, Concubine De not only scared my eighth sister, but also scared my daughter-in-law by her boldness. It was clearly my mother who asked my daughter-in-law if she was feeling unwell just now. Before my daughter-in-law could answer my mother's question, Concubine De interrupted her forcefully and forced her to answer her question first. I don't know if Concubine De didn't hear what you said, or if she thought your words were not important and ignored them automatically. That's why my daughter-in-law just said that Concubine De's words were unpleasant, but she had to bring it up, and other things. The concubines and concubines of the emperor. She even said that her father had made mistakes in educating her. Although her father was only a minister and not as noble as Empress Defei, he was also a man who had made contributions to our Nanzheng Kingdom. Even my father was sure that there was no problem with his father's family education, otherwise he would not have betrothed my daughter-in-law to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as his wife. No father would deliberately find an uneducated wife for his son, right? Empress Defei, you are ignoring the authority of your mother and questioning the will of your father. When did it become your turn to direct the affairs of Nanzheng Kingdom? "
Lu Lingxi's words came out slowly, but the more she listened, the more frightened Concubine De was. She couldn't bear such a big hat being put on her, so she knelt down in front of Queen Gu with a plop: "Your Majesty, I dare not. I absolutely dare not despise you, let alone question your majesty's will. Your Majesty, you know it clearly. I just said the wrong thing in a moment of desperation. I will never dare to do it again, never again."
"In a moment of desperation" is such a familiar excuse. Don't be too serious when making excuses.
Empress Gu finally had the heart to put down her temper towards Concubine De, and said in a deep voice, "You are just too impatient. It seems that you haven't copied enough of the meditation mantras that I asked you to copy every day. Why don't you go back to your palace and copy them? You are not allowed to leave the house until you have copied them a thousand times."
It seemed that Queen Gu was about to take this matter very seriously, but then she let it go.
Before Concubine De stood up, Lu Lingxi spoke first: "Your Majesty, your mother is too tolerant and kind. Concubine De looked down on you so much, but you only punished her to copy some books. In the future, won't everyone dare to look down on your mother and question your father's will?"
After hearing this, Queen Gu's face darkened and she looked directly at Lu Lingxi: "What do you think? It's just a few words of quarrel. Don't be too aggressive. After all, Concubine De is your elder. You can't sentence your elder to death just for a few words, right? You don't have that much power yet."
Of course, Lu Lingxi would not be so foolish as to say what she wanted. She only said, "Of course, I dare not presumptuously punish Consort De, but if my mother can't make the decision, then I can only go to my father to make the decision for me. I can't let my father and brother leave the capital less than two days ago and let me suffer such an injustice, right?"
Queen Gu: "How can Your Majesty trouble you to deal with a few verbal disputes between the ladies in the harem? The Crown Princess shouldn't make too much trouble."
Lu Lingxi looked innocent: "Why? The harem can only listen to you, mother? Even father can't bypass you, right? Daddy used to tell his daughter-in-law that the world belongs to him, but now he can't even deal with the women in his own harem? How is this different from what daddy said? I must ask for your advice when I see you some other day."
Seeing that Lu Lingxi had just put a big hat on Concubine De, and was about to put a big hat on herself, Queen Gu hurriedly stopped him: "I am not saying that Your Majesty cannot be the master of the harem, but I think Your Majesty is busy with all kinds of affairs. Don't bother Your Majesty for such a small matter. In this matter, I will demote Concubine De to a concubine, confine her to house arrest for half a year, and reduce her monthly salary by half. I hope you will be careful in your words and deeds in the future. Are you satisfied, Crown Princess?"
Lu Lingxi half-knelt and saluted: "Mother, you are wise!"
Then he sat back in his seat.
When Concubine De saw that Queen Gu had already issued the order, she knew that she was powerless and sat down on the ground in exhaustion. She still couldn't figure out why she was demoted and confined in just a few words.
Depin didn't sit there for long before a palace maid came in and dragged her back to her own palace and put her under house arrest.
When Queen Gu saw Concubine De being dragged out, Lu Lingxi slowly took the tea handed to her by the maid behind her and sipped it carefully. Seeing that she was looking at her, she smiled at her.
I was angry in my heart: "Just laugh, let's see how long you can laugh."
The rest of the people in the hall kept silent, fearing that what they said might be wrong and might cause the Crown Princess to get into trouble and bring themselves into trouble.